Connection in Our First Season | Maple Grove Hot Springs
As we start welcoming our first guests for our first season EVER, we have already learned so much. Watching families, couples, friends,...
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FROM THE POOL
Explore the stories that have shaped us and the mission we're cultivating within this cherished landscape.
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Jordan Menzel
Jun 29, 2019
The Complications of Water Off Grid | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Whether known or unknown, our freshwater spring line ran dry a few weeks ago. It’s a web of shallow piping with no markings, winding over...
Jordan Menzel
Jun 25, 2019
Lime Plastering | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Sometimes, all the right people, skills, needs, and opportunities collide with something called collaboration. One of the most exciting...
Jordan Menzel
Jun 24, 2019
Wild Forest Enhancement Workshop | Maple Grove Hot Springs
We've accepted an exciting truth about Maple Grove - she is a living, breathing, working center. While she offers rest and relaxation,...
Jordan Menzel
Jun 19, 2019
Our Wild Neighbors | Maple Grove Hot Springs
We love our wild neighbors. These happy little flowers await hikers about one mile above our property on their way up to a hard-won...
Jordan Menzel
Jun 11, 2019
Seeking Perspective | Maple Grove Hot Springs
When all else fails, seek perspective. With our heads down and hands busy with one project after another, sweating bullets to fix systems...
Jordan Menzel
Jun 7, 2019
Our First Retreat: Choice Humanitarian | Maple Grove Hot Springs
We are so excited to have hosted our first retreat for CHOICE Humanitarian, the sustainable international development NGO! Over 45 staff...
Jordan Menzel
May 21, 2019
Meet Clark | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Meet Clark. He showed up to help on a whim and has been a staple craftsman since. The only thing he loves more than a quality finished...
Jordan Menzel
May 12, 2019
Mother's Day 2019 | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Happy Mother's Day! In many ways, Maple Grove's water and land have always embodied the feminine magic of motherhood. For generations,...
Jordan Menzel
May 2, 2019
Neighborly Love | Maple Grove Hot Springs
“Hey, neighbor! Do you know if any teenagers around here want to mow our lawn and make a few bucks?” Neighbor: “I’ll have to give it...
Jordan Menzel
Apr 29, 2019
Gratitude for Volunteers | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Volunteers and the Maple Grove Community Behind every big project is amazing, generous, humble humans who step up to see it through. Not...
Jordan Menzel
Apr 2, 2019
It's Official | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Every scheme or project has a moment of complete darkness. Of near failure. Of imminent collapse. When those involved find somewhere...
Jordan Menzel
Mar 18, 2019
Restoring the River House | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Time, rain, snow, and people have taken a toll on one of Maple's key structures—what was historically known as the reception office....
Jordan Menzel
Mar 14, 2019
Our Origin Story | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Like all hot spring sources, what first bubbles to the surface, what you first see, is not actually the beginning. Far below, Mother...
Jordan Menzel
Jan 31, 2019
Roped Off Pool | Maple Grove Hot Springs
We get a lot of questions about our riverside roped-off pool, otherwise known as our "cooling" pool. For starters, it's not used for...
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